Universal joint.



C(H. TAYLOR UNIVERSAL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1916.

Patented Jan. 8,1918

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C. H. TAYLOR.

UNIVERSAL JOINT.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 22 l9l6.

Patent-ed m. 8,1918

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1 A mm it Jane is. lis ens Application filed July 22, 1918. Serial 1J0. 110,?51.

To aZZw/wm it may concern:

' Beit known that I, CECIL HAMELIN TAY- 1.012, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alma, county of Gratiot, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Universal Joints, and

declare the following to be a full,-clear, and Xact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanylng drawwhich. form a part of this specificaeinbodying my invention with adjacent portions of the transmission mechanism.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the shaft-front.

Fig. 3 1s a plan view ofthe part shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end View of the from theright of said figure.

Fig. 5 is a side. elevation of the splined 9 same looking sleeve of the propeller shaft.-

Fig. 6 is an end yiew of said sleeve.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the spider.

Fig. 8 is a side View of the same.

a is a transmission shaft and a is a sleeve provided with internal longitudinal grooves and splines. The sleeve a iswelded into the end of the propeller shaft a. b is a plate adapted to be fixed to the shaft-frong, or

2 is the attaching flange of the plate I). e is a housing approximately cylindrical for the greater part of its surface and having an outwardly extending flange e at one end adapted to be secured to the flange 6 of the plate 6. The other end of the housing e is made sphero-segmental in shape as shown at e and has an opening 6 coaxial with the shaft-a. d is a stub shaft provided for-a greater portion of its length with longitudinal splines d adapted to fit and reeipro cate in the. grooves of the sleeve a The stub-shaft cl is provided at one end with apertures 61 and al having their axes at right anglesto'each-other and intersecting.

7c is a spider adapted to fit into the housing 6. 7 is a pin reduced in size at its central portion 7? and fitting in apertures in the housing 6 and secured therein by a nut or nuts in the usual way. oted on the cylindrical end portions of the pin 7'. g is a pin having an aperture transversely through it engaging in the aperture (I in the shaft-front (Z and at its ends engaging in the spider Z2. The axes of the pins f and g intersect and are at right angles to each other. it is a sleeve fitting and adapted to slide upon the outer surface of the shaft a. z is a ring secured aroundthe shaft a and forming an annular flange.

The spider it is pivit The sleeve h is expanded at one end to ad mit'ofa packing material and a packing ring m, thus forming a gland around the shaft (1. vj is a compression spring bearing at one end against the flange i and at the other end against the packing ring m. The.

other end of the sleeve h is expanded and shaped to the surface 6 This is also shaped to form an annular groove 7L which shall contain packing material to form a close joint between the surface (2 of the housing '6' and this end of the sleeve 7b.

The portion f of the pin f passes through the transverse aperture in the pin g.

What I claim is: 1. The combination of a tubular shaft, a sleeve in said shaft having longitudinal grooves in its'inner surface a shaft end hav- 1ng splines extending'outward from its outer surface adapted to fit into the grooves of said sleeve and permit longitudinal motion of said engaging parts, a universal joint mechanism, said shaft end being connected to said mechanism, anda housing inclosing said mechanism and the joint between said shaft end and the sleeve.

2. The combination of a tubular shaft, a

-'sleeve fixed therein having a plurality of longitudinal grooves in its inner surface; a shaft end having a plurality-of splines em tending from its outer surface adapted to engage in said grooves permitting a longitudinal movement of said engaging parts, and a universal joint mechanism forming a transmission mechanism leading from said shaft end.

. In testimony whereof, T sign this specification,

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